Australian STEM education seems caught in a whirlpool of problems that are contributing to one another. Student engagement and performance in STEM are declining, but we do not have the supply of qualified teachers we need to improve learning. The STEM curriculum is unbalanced and...

Information Communication technologies, including social networking and games, provide new opportunities for education, according to this review of research. But the 'off the shelf' mentality which currently underpins the provision of computers in Australian schools may be stifling rather than enhancing innovation.

Leadership matters and starts with the pedagogies, not the technologies, say Australian educators. This report provides an overview of what a cross-section of over 400 of Australia's educational leaders saw in 2005 as factors that contribute to how leadership supports learning with information and communication...